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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
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People Groups

7,402

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,274,459,000

% of World Population

41.8 %

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Photo ▲ People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Yaminahua Peru 900 Yaminahua Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 1
Yanghuang China 16,000 T'en Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yao, Muslim Malawi 2,053,000 Yao Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % ● 41
Yao, Muslim Mozambique 203,000 Yao Islam ● 1.40 % 1.00 % ● 4
Yao, Muslim Tanzania 632,000 Yao Islam ● 2.00 % 1.20 % ● 13
Yao, Muslim Zambia 5,100 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Yashkun Pakistan 1,600 Balti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yazeed Sudan 483,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 10
Yazidi Armenia 36,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi Georgia 12,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi Germany 51,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi Iraq 574,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ● 0.14 % 0.14 % ● 11
Yazidi Russia 41,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi Sweden 4,300 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi Syria 10,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yazidi Turkey 2,800 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yazidi Ukraine 2,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi United States 4,100 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ● 2.40 % 1.50 % 1
Yehlmo Nepal 10,000 Hyolmo Buddhism ● 0.99 % ● 1
Yenadi India 649,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.84 % ● 13
Yerong China 400 Yerong Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yerukula India 540,000 Yerukula Hinduism ● 1.77 % ● 11
Yiche China 25,000 Hani Ethnic Religions ● 0.70 % 0.51 % ● 1
Yizi China 3,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yong Thailand 14,000 Yong Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.20 % ● 1
Totals:  7,402 People Groups   3,274,459,000             68,966
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